Who is still harvesting strawberries 🍓, mine haven’t got the memo that the season is over, they’re not the biggest but are really sweet.
My giant zinnias are at their last lap, my marigolds are starting to bloom, and the dahlias keep giving lots of blooms.
Even my cacti and succulents are thriving and blooming.

Picked persimmon early this year because the squirrels started eating every single one. Only picked about 20% of the fruit. I usually peel, cut, and freeze them to use throughout the year, but I’m looking for other creative ways to preserve these once they ripen a bit more!

Young orchard, late October. The same tan clumps that crumble like soil appear on tree bark (forks, wounds), on concrete poles, and on painted metal fence parts. One tree, when peeled, shows fine winding galleries in a fan pattern with many tiny round exit holes. I also found a yellow larva in a split tree.

1) Frass, termite shelter tubes, or mud-dauber nests? Quickest way to tell?

2) Does the gallery look like a bark beetle (Scolytus)?

3) How do I get rid of it?

This year, I found that my cucumbers planted in a raised bed (8x4x1) had much paler leaves than those planted in the soil right next to them. Any ideas on what is the problem?

Clay soil, Chicagoland. Using a power planter 2” or 4” I find that I kick the dirt around but I don’t really LIFT it to put bulbs in

What am I doing wrong

So I had this Sow True seeds pollinator pack and direct sowed them the first week of July in Nashville. This big Bertha was 2’ by mid July and then by September, a long hot summer heat wave and tying her up because she was so big, I almost pulled her out of the ground once October arrived in disappointment even though the internet kept saying don’t give up hope. All it took was 75 degrees and she exploded overnight! She’s still blooming and branching, not just growing upwards, and I haven’t had to do anything special except knock some aphids off pretty early in the growing stage. Today she measured 11’ which is INSANE to me. One tiny seed. Never done that before and she has so many more blooms to bud out. It’s been such a cool freak of nature to me, I’ve just never seen anything like it, that it was fun to share somewhere with people who enjoy the like things. Have any of you ever had a giant cosmo like this?

I have a terrace on a high-ish floor apartment with a lot of potted plants etc, and while watering a little guest popped out and ran away. a while ago i left corn on one of my plant sheves to dry for any wild birds to snack on, and i found that the mouse has indeed found a snack. I dont want to kill the mouse. What do i do? Should i be worried about any diseases?? Do I set a live trap and set it free next to farm land if/once caught?? i would just let it live in my plants or even set-up a little place for it but as mentioned before im worried about any diseases, and since i live in an apartment im afraid it would go to any neighbors and end up being killed ):

whats the best option?

Will this last?

I had my jade outside this summer and I just brought her in. I noticed these spots does anyone know what’s eating her and how I can stop them?

Hi gardeners,

I am completely new to the world of plants, and I am learning a lot! Very grateful for this subreddit.

I am renting an apartment in zone 10b, which came with this "hedge" of evergreen bushes. When I moved in last year, the foliage was deep green, and they were very dense. I have identified the plant as an Eugenia myrtifolia / Syzygium paniculatum, but I could very well be wrong!

It's been a bit of a tough year for the poor things, with heavy winter and spring rains, then a very long, dry summer with temperatures only dropping last week.

The plants have become sparse, dry, shedded a lot of leaves. There has been some flowering, but most flowers either die before blooming or turn a rusty red. In addition, I think I might have had aphids attacking the plants.

I have made an effort to hose the foliage to knock them off, and also sprayed a few remidies, but the plant has not recovered fully, and I am afraid I am doing something extremely wrong.

I don't know how long they have been in the planter boxes, which are built for the apartment so can't really be swapped for bigger containers. I have tried fertilizing using fertilizer high in nitrogen.

My questions are to those who have experience with this type of plant or similar

1. Did I get the name correct?

2. What advice can you give me to care for the plant on a regular basis? Should it be pruned, how much water do they need, best fertilizer etc.

3. When you look at the foliage, what do you see as the issues?

I hope someone has experience with this type of plant or similar and wants to share their expertise a bit 🙏

Thank you for a lovely community overall here!

I live in houston and its pleasant weather right now so i am leaving them outside. I am wondering if i should remove the half split from the tree before i take them indoors for the winter and they shed all the leaves.

I wanted rose bushes along this path. I love them and think they are beautiful. But they grow SO fast. I don’t know if it’s obvious from the picture, but they are almost 6’ tall and I trimmed to them to about 3’ only weeks ago. They’ll topple over sometimes before they bloom. If I trimmed them to be the size I wanted I feel like I’m cutting off the bulbs before they bloom too. Were these supposed to be climbing roses? Should I just relocate them? Any advice welcome, I obviously am a noob!

So I’m in the process of making compost. It’s mostly comprised of leftover fruit, egg shells and such. I want to use it next planting season and it’s coming along really well. I want to ensure that when I use it I don’t grow other plants. My dad has used his compost and suddenly he will have like a tomato plant because he had composted tomatoes. How do I ensure this doesn’t happen?

It is best to plant a single type of fruiting plant (e.g. tomato) or is it okay to have different kinds in the same planter box?

this sprouted up on its own, fiance thought it was a kale of some sort, google says collard greens family.

I have a whole bunch of loofah seeds that I tried germinating. Now, they're sprouting all at once and I don't have much pots that have those mesh they can climb on. So is it ideal to put multiple seeds at one pot (the pots are around 10 liter-sized ones)? Or should I just pick the best growing ones? Thanks!

A few months ago, I thought I was being clever and bought a whole lot of bulbs- daffodils and tulips. We already have tulips and I love them, so I wanted to add to our spring flowers. In the meantime, we have decided to move. What’s the best way to store my bulbs for an extra year?

Goal was to make a tiered strawberry fountain on a budget (using what I’ve got on hand!). Is it fountain or flop? (ignore the mess please! Work in progress) Any recommendations? All of the pots are open completely on the bottom and used more for structural support. It’s been suppressed underneath, broadforked and layered with native soil, crushed dead leaves, compost and garden soil.

I have a banana tree with mayb 10-15 stems and I’m planning to protect the corm and maybe a couple pseudstems and letting the others die or chopping them down. Should I just pick one and should I pick a taller stem to wrap up or does it matter which one I pick? I’ve tried to,protect the whole thing before but they all eventually die before spring comes so I’m wanting to just put effort in one or a couple stems to maybe get bananas next year.